Re: Tech: One for the EM guys

Thanks for all of your suggestions, everyone.

I thought I'd post my results here, since I managed to get the game
working.

Let me begin by saying that I'm an idiot.

Okay, now that that's out of the way.....

When I received this machine, I found it odd that I couldn't find any
bells or chimes anywhere inside it. My fresh eyes didn't realize that
the bell/chime unit had actually been removed from the machine. What
does this have to do with the machine not working, you ask? Well, the
bell unit has a 5-pin female connector on it. The male 5-pin connector
harness sitting in the bottom of the cabinet, therefore, didn't have a
home.

What did I do? I plugged the male connector into the only place it
could possibly go: the replay adjustment connector (this connector is
female and has jumpers for # of plays per coin, but the jumpers were
not installed). It's also 5-pins (actually two 5-pin connectors in
parallel) and sits well within reach of the bell unit harness. It was
also empty and therefore it made logical sense that I should plug that
male connector into the female connector. Makes sense, right? This
caused all kinds of interesting things to happen. The reset relay
would lock on and once a ball was placed in the trough, the score
motor would continue to run.

As soon as I realized that I had possibly put that connector in the
wrong place, I disconnected it and began playing. The machine still
needs the bonus/advance units cleaned up and rebuilt. I'll get to that
soon and shop it out as well. But for now, it's actually starting a
game and doing what it's supposed to do, for the most part.

So.........does anyone out there have a two bell and knocker assembly
for a Playmatic that they'd care to sell? LOL! I'd settle for any two
bell assembly from any machine at this point. I'm sure I could make it
work somehow.

I've had a lot of fun working on this machine so far and appreciate
all the help from the group.

Corey



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